Faltin Homestead
You are here
Faltin House (Faltin Homestead)
c. 1854. 485 7th St.
-
(Photograph by Gerald Moorhead )
One of the most noted examples of fachwerk construction in the state, the Faltin house shows just how far some German immigrant builders were willing to go in terms of the scale of masonry infill of their timber framing. Here, massive blocks of limestone are neatly fitted into the joined timber frame, now exposed in a manner that would have been unheard of at the time the house was built; its builder would have either plastered the walls or clad them with weatherboards for their protection. Three building stages are visible: a single-crib log cabin, the fachwerk addition with porch, and a fachwerk shed along the rear of both. Descendant August Faltin lives in the house (without modern conveniences) and runs the adjacent store.
Writing Credits
×
Data
-
Location: Comfort, TexasRegional Overviews:Styles:
What's Nearby
Citation
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Faltin House (Faltin Homestead)", [Comfort, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-NB27.
Print Source
Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 206-206.
If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.
SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.